Test 5 · Day and night
A friend in a far country is having breakfast while you go to bed. Why?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, you · What happens: have, go · To what, where: breakfast, bed
This is test 5 of lesson 1 «Day and night» of the world course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: A friend in a far country is having breakfast while you go to bed.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 having | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 country | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 country | det |
| 5 | far | far | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 country | amod |
| 6 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 friend | nmod |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 having | aux |
| 8 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 9 | breakfast | breakfast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 having | obj |
| 10 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 12 go | mark |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 go | nsubj |
| 12 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 having | advcl |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 bed | case |
| 14 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 go | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 having | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present · progressive | a friend in a far country | breakfast | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breakfast=Patient | ||||
| 2 | go | present | you | bed | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial_Location |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Her country is closer to the Sun than yours
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 country | nmod:poss |
| 2 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 closer | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 closer | cop |
| 4 | closer | close | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 Sun | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Sun | det |
| 7 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 closer | obl |
| 8 | than | than | ADP | _ | 9 yours | case |
| 9 | yours | your | PRON | Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 closer | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Her country | to the Sun; than yours; close property | tree rules |
Option 2
The Sun visits her country after yours
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Sun | det |
| 2 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 visits | nsubj |
| 3 | visits | visit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 country | nmod:poss |
| 5 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 visits | obj |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 yours | case |
| 7 | yours | your | PRON | Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 visits | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | visit | present | the Sun | Sun's country | after yours | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Co-Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Her side of the Earth is turning into sunlight while yours turns away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 side | nmod:poss |
| 2 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 turning | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Earth | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Earth | det |
| 5 | Earth | Earth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 side | nmod |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 turning | aux |
| 7 | turning | turn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | into | into | ADP | _ | 9 sunlight | case |
| 9 | sunlight | sunlight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 turning | obl |
| 10 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 12 turns | mark |
| 11 | yours | your | PRON | Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 turns | nsubj |
| 12 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 turning | advcl |
| 13 | away | away | ADV | _ | 12 turns | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | present · progressive | Her side of the Earth | sunlight | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into sunlight=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | turn away | present | yours | away property | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Her country has a different Sun
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 country | nmod:poss |
| 2 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 Sun | det |
| 5 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Sun | amod |
| 6 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Her country | a different Sun | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sun=Patient |
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